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Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID - 19 Vaccination Update - Day 575
India’s cumulative vaccination coverage crosses 207.96 Crore
More than 23 lakh Vaccine doses administered today till 7 pm
India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 207.96 Crore  today. More than 23 lakh  Vaccine Doses have been administered till 7 pm today. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight.
The cumulative coverage of vaccine doses, segregated based on population priority groups, is as follows:
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Cumulative Vaccine Dose Coverage
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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10413016
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2nd Dose
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10098496
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Precaution Dose
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6544776
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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18432806
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2nd Dose
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17684523
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Precaution Dose
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12722917
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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39752528
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2nd Dose
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29125650
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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61463487
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2nd Dose
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51749416
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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560031290
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2nd Dose
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510924164
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Precaution Dose
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40199125
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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203793678
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2nd Dose
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195796364
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Precaution Dose
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24694781
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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127512305
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2nd Dose
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122374844
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Precaution Dose
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36299115
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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1021399110
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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937753457
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Precaution Dose
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120460714
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Total
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2079613281
Today’s achievement in the vaccination exercise, segregated by population priority groups, is as follows:
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Date: 13th August, 2022 
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HCWs
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1st Dose
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39
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2nd Dose
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381
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Precaution Dose
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13576
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FLWs
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1st Dose
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84
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2nd Dose
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500
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Precaution Dose
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24825
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Age Group 12-14 years
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1st Dose
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32484
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2nd Dose
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65191
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Age Group 15-18 years
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1st Dose
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17818
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2nd Dose
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38190
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Age Group 18-44 years
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1st Dose
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30403
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2nd Dose
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125181
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Precaution Dose
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1118999
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Age Group 45-59 years
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1st Dose
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5089
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2nd Dose
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27316
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Precaution Dose
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553261
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Over 60 years
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1st Dose
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3203
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2nd Dose
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18298
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Precaution Dose
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229387
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Cumulative 1st dose administered
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89120
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Cumulative 2nd dose administered
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275057
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Precaution Dose
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1940048
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Total
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2304225
The vaccination exercise as a tool to protect the most vulnerable population groups in the country from COVID-19 continues to be regularly reviewed and monitored at the highest level.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles loss of lives due to bus-tanker collision in Rajasthan
Approves ex-gratia from PMNRF for the victims
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to a bus-tanker collision at the Barmer-Jodhpur Highway in Rajasthan. Shri Modi has also approved an ex-gratia from Prime Minister's National Relief Fund  for the victims.
In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister Office said;
"It is saddening that people have lost their lives due to a bus-tanker collision at the Barmer-Jodhpur Highway in Rajasthan. In this hour of grief, my condolences to the bereaved families.
I pray that the injured have a quick recovery: PM @narendramodi
An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh each from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of those who lost their lives due to the accident at the Barmer-Jodhpur Highway in Rajasthan. The injured would be given Rs. 50,000 each: PM @narendramodi"
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Akanksha Vyavahare creates Weightlifting National Records in 40kg category at Khelo India tournament
Maharashtra-based weightlifter Akanksha Vyavahare has created new National Records in the 40kg weight category. The weightlifter, also a part of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, has created the NRs in all 3 scores – Snatch, Clean and Jerk and Total.
This has been achieved on the opening day  of the Khelo India National Ranking Women’s Weightlifting Tournament Phase 2, being held in Ghaziabad, Noida.
Akanksha bettered her existing Snatch national record, by lifting 60kg. She recorded 71kg in the Clean & Jerk, and on the process, registering a total lift of 131kg. She competed in the 40kg Youth Girls’ category.
Meanwhile, Tokyo 2020 Olympics silver medalist Mirabai Chanu was present during the opening ceremony earlier in the day. Speaking about the importance of the Khelo India women’s leagues, Mirabai mentioned, “The leagues are very important as many girls are coming across and representing different States and UTs of India. The exposure being provided will very beneficial for all girls in the coming future.
“This is a big platform, especially for the young generation and the new crop of weightlifters who have just started. Many of the girls are doing very well. This will show up in the coming years for India as to who will be doing the nation proud in weightlifting,” the National Games 2022 gold medalist added.
Mirabai won the gold medal in Phase 1 of the Khelo India Weightlifting tournament in Himachal Pradesh earlier this year.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Update on COVID-19 Vaccine Availability in States/UTs
More than 109.63Crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs
More than 12.31 Crore balance and unutilized vaccine doses still available with States/UTs
The Union Government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country. The new phase of universalization of COVID-19 vaccination commenced from 21st June 2021. The vaccination drive has been ramped up through availability of more vaccines, advance visibility of vaccine availability to States and UTs for enabling better planning by them, and streamlining the vaccine supply chain.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government of India has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost. In the new phase of the universalization of the COVID19 vaccination drive, the Union Government will procure and supply  75% of the vaccines being produced by the vaccinemanufacturers in the country to States and UTs.
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VACCINE DOSES
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SUPPLIED
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1,09,63,11,615
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BALANCE AVAILABLE
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12,31,53,481
More than 109.63 crore  vaccine doses have been provided to States/UTs so far through Govt of India  and through direct state procurement category.
More than 12.31Cr  balance and unutilized COVID Vaccine doses are still available with the States/UTs to be administered.
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
National Institutes of Design students will be able to easily apply for work permits in Germany now, as NIDs have been included in the Anabin database, Germany
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade , Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India has established five National Institutes of Design  in India for imparting world-class design education. While NID Ahmedabad  commenced its activities in 1961, four new NID’s namely – NID Andhra Pradesh, NID Haryana, NID Assam, and NID Madhya Pradesh came up in the last few years. These NIDs are declared as Institutions of National Importance by virtue of the Act of Parliament and are internationally acclaimed premier design institutes. While graduates from NID are working in varied fields in India, many of them also opt for challenging opportunities in different countries outside India.
One such country is Germany, which has opened a Central Office for Foreign Education  which acts as the sole authority for the evaluation of foreign qualifications in Germany. As part of their service, they maintain a database called Anabin that lists foreign degrees and higher education qualifications in relation to German diplomas and degrees.
Recognition of foreign university-level qualifications in Germany is often an essential prerequisite for securing a German Work Visa, Job Seekers Visa or German Blue Card. Often the success of visa application is dependent on the proof that the university-level qualification acquired outside Germany is considered on par with an equivalent German qualification. Generally, a 3/4-year bachelor's degree is required to meet the basic requirements for one’s degree to be recognised in Germany.
NID Ahmedabad was included in the Anabin list in 2015 and the other new NIDs have also now been incorporated in this database recently.
Now that all NIDs are a part of this list, its students will be able to easily apply for work permits in Germany for working in the fields relevant to their education.
Ministry of Science & Technology
CSIR celebrates 20 years of India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library, the first of its kind globally
The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research  has launched a new campaign of highlighting 80 success stories from the organization as it is set to turn 80 years old in 2022. This campaign was launched recently as CSIR’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library  completes two decades of safeguarding India’s Traditional Knowledge. To commemorate the two decades’ journey, a webinar “Two Decades of TKDL - Connecting to the Future" was organized. The distinguished dignitaries who graced the program were Dr. Raghunath A. Mashelkar, Former DG, CSIR & Secretary, DSIR;Vd. Rajesh Kotecha, Secretary, Min of AYUSH; Shri Guruprasad Mohapatra, Secretary, DPIIT and Ms. BegonaVenero, Sr. Counsellor, Traditional Knowledge Division, WIPO, Geneva, and Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, DG, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR.
Dr Viswajanani J Sattigeri, Head TKDL described the journey and highlighted that in 2001, CSIR jointly with Department of Indian Systems of Medicine & Homeopathy  developed the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library . This initiative was a follow up action to thwart misappropriation of India’s valuable traditional knowledge, based on learnings from the patent battles with international patent offices over the grant of intellectual property rights on turmeric, neem, basmati rice and other such ancient knowledge and practices of the country. TKDL database contains more than 3.9 lakh formulations/ practices from the Indian systems of medicine  and Yoga. The database is available to only patent examiners through TKDL Access  Agreement and so far, Access Agreements have been signed with 13 international patent offices including India. Significantly, 239 patent applications have either been set aside/ withdrawn/ amended, based on the prior art evidences present in the TKDL database. The valuable partnership with Ministry of Ayush and DPIIT and support from WIPO were acknowledged.
Dr R.A. Mashelkar emphasized that TKDL should aim to promote traditional knowledge and emerge as a global repository, apart from safeguarding the information from misappropriation. Over the years, TKDL has grown in strength and is now poised to expand its scope. It envisages covering information from traditional knowledge such as disease diagnostics, veterinary medicine, agricultural practices, food, cosmetics, metallurgy, etc. and Traditional Cultural Expressions  such as architecture, metallurgy, paintings, carvings, textiles, etc. Going forward, the information from digitized and published manuscripts as well as oral knowledge is also proposed to be included in the TKDL database.
Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to Shri Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary.
“Remembering Babu Jagjivan Ram on his birth anniversary. His service to India and struggles for the rights of the marginalised always inspire.”, the Prime Minister said.
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Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry & Dairying
Cruelty Towards Animals
The Animal Welfare Board of India, a Statutory Body constituted under Prevention of Cruelty to Animal Act, 1960 is ever vigilant on the reported cruelty cases on animals and takes immediate actions as per the provisions of the Prevention of cruelty to Animals Act, 1960. The Animal Welfare Board of India takes cognizance upon receipt or knowledge of any incidence of cruelty to animal including street dogs with the concern jurisdictional authorities to take proper action and to punish violators of any such Act.
The Animal Welfare Board of India  advises the State Government on the issues related to animal welfare including cruelty meted out to animals. The Board has issued several advisories and circulars to sensitize and create awareness on the matters related to stray animals, man-animal conflict issues with regard to Residents Welfare Associations . The Board has also issued circulars for observing Animal Welfare Fortnight, Rabies Day, and World Animal Day for sensitizing the States to check the cruelty issues.
The AWBI conducts training programme for Honorary Animal Welfare Officer to make them well versed with the provision of the Prevention of cruelty to Animals Act, 1960and various animal welfare activities. The AWBI also creates awareness in the society to prevent unnecessary pain or suffering to animals and also to be compassionate and kind toward the fellow beings. The Animal Welfare Board of India is regularly addressing the State Governments/Union Territories to establish / re-constitute the State Animal Welfare Boards and District Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animal  in every district to address the animal welfare issues at grass root level.
This information was given by The Minister of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Shri Parshottam Rupala in the Rajya Sabha in a written reply today.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Cabinet approves India's Approach to UN Climate Change Conference to be held in Spain next week
The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today approved the negotiating stand of India at the 25th Conference of Parties  to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change  scheduled to be held in Madrid, Spain  from 2-13 December 2019.
The Indian delegation will be led by Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Minister, Environment, Forest and Climate Change. COP 25 is an important conference as countries prepare to move from pre-2020 period under Kyoto Protocol to post-2020 period under Paris Agreement. India's approach will be guided by principles and provisions of UNFCCC and Paris Agreement particularly the principles of Equity and Common But Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capability .
India's leadership on climate change has been evident and well recognised across the globe. Government of India has been undertaking several initiatives to address climate change concerns under the leadership of Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and these initiatives reflect India's commitment and ambition towards climate action. In the recently held Climate Action Summit convened by United Nations Secretary General, the Prime Minister announced India's plan on scaling up of renewable energy target to 450 GW and called for responsible action by all on the principles of equity and CBDR-RC. India has been leading the world in its pursuit of enhanced solar energy capacity through International Solar Alliance .
In addition to ISA, two new initiatives have been launched by India as part of its efforts to mobilize world on climate action. These include Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure, which will serve as a platform to generate and exchange knowledge on different aspects of climate and disaster resilient infrastructure and 'Leadership Group for Industry Transition' launched jointly by India and Sweden, which will provide a platform for government and the private sector in different countries to work together on accelerating low carbon growth and cooperation in the area of technology innovation.
India has been ambitious in its actions and has emphasized that Developed countries should take lead in undertaking ambitious actions and fulfil their climate finance commitments of mobilizing USD 100 billion per annum by 2020 and progressively and substantially scale up their financial support to inform Parties for future action through NDCs. India will further stress upon need for fulfilling pre-2020 commitments by developed countries and that pre-2020 implementation gaps should not present an additional burden to developing countries in the post-2020 period.
Overall, India looks forward to engaging in negotiations with a constructive and positive outlook and work towards protecting its long-term development interests.
NITI Aayog
Atal Innovation Mission, NITI Aayog & MyGov launches “Innovate India Platform”
Shri. R Ramanan, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission and Shri.Arvind Gupta CEO, MyGov today launched the “#InnovateIndia Platform”, a collaboration between the Atal Innovation Mission and MyGov, a citizen centric platform of the Government of India. The #InnovateIndia portal will serve as the common point for all the innovation happening across the nation.
Launching the platform, Mission Director, Atal Innovation Mission said that the #InnovateIndia MyGov-AIM portal creates the much-needed innovations platform for registering both grassroots and deep-tech innovators at a national level. Those searching for a critical innovation can leverage the portal advantageously for the benefit of the economy as well as national social needs.”
Some of the features of this platform are:
- The platform is open to all Indian citizens
- The users can View, comment, share, and rate the innovations crowdsourced on the #InnovateIndia platform
- View the leaderboard which is calculated based on the votes on each innovation.
- Citizens can share their/organizations/someone else’s innovation on the platform by login to the MyGov website
- These innovations can also be shared on various social media platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook, and Twitter
“India has been a very innovation-orientedsociety, but our challenge has been a structured approach to innovation, capturing them and building an ecosystem to take them global. The current government initiative to capture and support innovation from ground up, is aimed at creating a structured ecosystem to encourage, enhance and develop India’s innovative character”, said Shri Arvind Gupta, CEO MyGov.
With the launch of the platform Indians will be able to upload and rate their/organizations innovation on the platform.The citizens can access the platform on https://innovate.mygov.in/innovateindia/.
Ministry of Corporate Affairs
IBBI disposes off 6,172 complaints and grievances out of 6,231 against service providers under IBC
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India  Regulations, 2017 enable stakeholders to file a grievance or a complaint against service providers under the IBC. This was stated by the Union Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Shri Rao Inderjit Singh in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Besides this, the Minister stated, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India  also receives complaints and grievances from Centralized Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System , Prime Minister’s Office, MCA and other authorities. Till 31st July, 2022, the IBBI had received 6,231 such complaints and grievances, of which 6,172 have been disposed after examination.
The Minister said that the Ministry of Corporate Affairs does not have any role in corporate insolvency resolution process  of a corporate debtor  under the provisions of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 . CD undergoing CIRP is resolved through a resolution plan formulated by resolution applicants based on market driven process.
The Minister further stated that the Committee of Creditors  within its commercial wisdom assesses the feasibility and viability of the resolution plan submitted by the proposed resolution applicant which is then approved by the Adjudicating Authority . Further, the realisation by creditors through CIRP under the Code is dependent on quality assets at the time of its resolution, the Minister stated.
Giving more details, the Minister stated that no such investigation has been initiated as section 29A of the Code enlists certain categories of undesirable persons which include related parties ineligible to submit a resolution plan during the CIRP. Regulation 36A of IBBI  Regulations, 2016 imposes a duty on Resolution Professional  to conduct due diligence to satisfy themselves that the prospective resolution applicant is not ineligible under section 29A of the Code. The resolution plan approved by the CoC, within its commercial wisdom is then approved by AA under section 31 of the Code thereby ensuring that any undesirable persons under section 29A are unable to take over the CD. Likewise, during liquidation proceedings of CD, the proviso to Section 35 bars a liquidator from selling immovable and movable property to any person who is ineligible to be a resolution applicant.
Further, the Minister stated that as per information available, Directorate of Enforcement has received one complaint against an RP of one CIRP in which appropriate action under applicable law has been taken. Further, CBI has received one complaint regarding abuse of process in one CIRP matter which was forwarded to the Regulator and on examination, the Regulator has not found any actionable material.
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
No State/UT wise target was fixed under PMUY Scheme
LPG connection is released in the name of adult woman of the poor family
Special Provision has been made for Migrant Families to avail new connection using Self-Declaration instead of Proof of Address
The Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Shri Rameswar Teli in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today informed that the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana  Phase-I was launched on 01.05.2016 to provide 8 crore deposit free LPG connections to poor households. The target of the Scheme was achieved in September, 2019. Ujjwala 2.0 was launched on 10.08.2021 to release 1 crore deposit free LPG connection on pan India basis, in addition to 8 crore LPG connections already released under PMUY Phase-I. Under Ujjwala 2.0, the beneficiaries are given deposit free LPG connection alongwith free first refill and stove. LPG connection is released in the name of adult woman of the poor family, subject to the condition that no LPG connection exists in the name of any family member of the household and fulfilling other terms and conditions. The beneficiaries are identified either from Socio Economic Caste Census  list or from seven other identified categories such as Scheduled Caste  Households, Scheduled Tribe Households, Most Backward Classes , beneficiaries of PM Awas Yojana , beneficiaries of Antyodaya Anna Yojana , Forest Dwellers, Resident of islands/ river islands, Tea garden / ex-tea garden workers or Poor households not covered under the above categories. Special Provision has been made for Migrant Families to avail new connection using Self-Declaration instead of Proof of Address  and Ration Card . Connection is taken as 14.2kg Single Bottle Connection / 5kg SBC/ 5kg Double Bottle Connection .
No State/UT wise target was fixed under PMUY Scheme. The details of LPG connections released as on 01.01.2022 under PMUY in the States of Rajasthan and West Bengal are as under:-
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State
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No. of connections released
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Rajasthan
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66.11 Lakh
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West Bengal
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108.98 lakh
In January 2022, the Government has, extended the Scheme to release additional 60 lakh LPG connections under Ujjwala 2.0 on existing modalities.